RPC VII.2, 635

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 635
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Alliance with Smyrna
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ, ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Reverse design Nemesis of Smyrna standing right, at feet, wheel, facing Homonoia, standing left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 1
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 917; Franke & Nollé 1724–5
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 562/2, 4–6, 563/1–2, 565/1–3, 566/1, 568/1–7, 569/1–6, 572/1–5, 632/1–4, 634/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C McClean 8340 = Franke & Nollé 1724 = Schönert, Perinthos 917/1
2 2     O: Godwyn Franke & Nollé 1725 = Schönert, Perinthos 917/2
3 3     ✸ Rauch EA 12, 23 Mar. 2013, lot 625 = Bertolami 5, 14 May 2012, lot 680